Only had this telescope for about six months now and am only selling it because I have decided to upgrade to the new 130mm Sextuplet that Sky Rover have released, picking it up in a week or two. Doing it almost entirely to not have to worry about getting sub micron precision in spacers haha
I have plans to run some astrophotography nights for my photography club and a couple of others we have ties with, almost cheaper to buy a new telescope than get Precise Parts to make all of the spacers!
Sky Rover ULT 130 Lanthanum Glass 130mm Triplet Super APO Refractor Telescope I know, it has one of the longest names I've come across
So, the telescope. It itself is in excellent condition. Never touched the optics although wind has passed over the front of it. So as with anything that has been outdoors, it does have some dust on it but you can clean it if you wish, wouldn't even bother with it to be honest.
Comes with a huge 4" focuser and if you wish to be able to connect a RoboFocus, I (or at least Meru) has designs for an adapter which connects to the finder scope holes. I found that a bit more stable than connecting to the bottom of the focuser due to its shape (rounded and not flat).
Also comes with a 0.8x flattener reducer which has a corrected 42m imaging circle for full frame cameras (36x24mm). Never tested it as I don't have the correct spacing for my Nikon D700. Has a back focus of 54.8mm which I imagine is enough for most systems unless you want to use a MMOAG.
The only damage (cosmetic) is on the dovetail plate from the two bolts on the EQ6 head. They could possibly near entirely vanish with some permanent marker but I'm not willing to try
Comes with a hard case, it's pretty hard, hence the name.
Had it out at Heathcote a fortnight ago just for visual purposes, I was amazing by how much I could see with a 5" telescope. Seeing allowed to easily see the E and fleetingly see the F stars in Orion with my terribly untrained eyes. Did most of my observing with a Meade 5000 4.5mm (planetary and doubles) and a 9mm (galaxy and planetary nebula). Seeing didn't allow the splitting of some doubles but I could easily resolve the shape of Antennae but couldn't see the new SN in Centaurs A :/ Guess I need my 12" dob for that; faint little sucker.
For viewing planets and the moon it blows the socks off my 10" SCT in detail, bigger is better unless it doesn't acclimatise!
Looking for $4,000 negotiable for the telescope, rings, 0.8x flattener/reducer and hard case.
Just as a note, this ad is only going to be up for a week or so. If it hasn't sold before my new one arrives I've be trading it in when I go to pick the new one up. Cris said it would arrive in about a month a few weeks ago so it cannot be far off now
Pictures will follow in a day or two, working 16 hour days this week :/
